DREAM OR DON'T DREAM

Limited blue vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes digital download. 2020 release. On Dream or DonAEt Dream, HalifaxAEs Kestrels live out a guitar freakAEs wildest fantasies. The supercharged shoegaze rockersAE fourth full-length album not only features soaring solos from Dinosaur JrAEs J Mascis, but spellbinding mixing from John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Alvvays, Kurt Vile, Cyndi Lauper) and mastering engineer Greg Calbi (David Bowie, Lou Reed, Television, Blondie). Together, they constructed a towering devotional to tone with blazing riffs, powerhouse drums, and swooning hooks emerging from an enveloping haze. Since 2008, Kestrels has been the primary project of singer/guitarist Chad Peck, who spends his time offstage as a high school English teacher. For this album he is joined by livewire drummer Michael Catano, the driving force between Maritime math-rock bands North of America, The Plan, and The Holy Shroud, whose credits also include an early stint with Len. PeckAEs lulling vocals flash back to influences from My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, or Built to Spill, while Norma MacDonaldAEs spectral harmonies conjure the sound of a Cocteau Twins/Beach Boys fantasy jam.'